Inspiration Award 2026 - Cast Your Vote!
The nominees for the PROVADA Inspiration Award 2026 have been announced! Three inspiring professionals who are truly making a difference in the industry are competing for the title. Meet the nominees:
In Rotterdam’s Oostflank, we will be realising around 30,000 homes over the next 15 to 20 years, spread across different areas. The central ambition here is the principle of good growth: new developments contribute to strong, vibrant neighbourhoods and districts, where the existing city benefits too.
How do we give this ambition concrete form in area development? And what does this ambition require in terms of collaboration between public and private parties?
During this session, we will explore these questions in conversation, based on the development of Winkelcentrum Lage Land: a town centre area in the middle of the neighbourhood that must be transformed into a future-proof neighbourhood heart. Together with developers, housing associations and the municipality, we will examine the dilemmas and boundary conditions that come into play.
- How do we ensure that we build for the right target groups, aligned with the needs of the neighbourhood?
- How do we ensure an integrated area development, a centre for the neighbourhood?
- How do we ensure a good mix of housing, social amenities and functions that suit the neighbourhood?
- How do we also make these ambitions financially viable?
Opening PROVADA 2026: Connecting Defence and Real Estate
On Tuesday 9 June at 10:00 AM, PROVADA will be officially opened by Lieutenant General Dick van Ingen, Deputy Director-General of Policy at the Ministry of Defence. Through his contribution, PROVADA underlines the current and growing intersections between Defence and the real estate sector.
At the Innovation Café, applicable innovations in area development take centre stage
During PROVADA, BouwLab R&Do and The Green Village will be providing the content programming for the Innovation Café. In collaboration with partners BPD, COD and VORM, and the Ministry of Housing and Spatial Planning, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, and the DMI Ecosystem, one central question takes the lead: how do we move innovation faster from idea to application?
Foreign capital needed to meet housing construction targets
The fiscal threshold for foreign pension funds and insurers to invest in the Dutch housing market must be significantly lowered. That is the view of Mark Siezen, CEO of asset manager Bouwinvest. 'Foreign capital is absolutely essential to meet the enormous housing construction challenge. That requires a stable housing policy and fiscal climate. I am hopeful: the new minister recognises this and will act on it.'
International Investment Day at PROVADA: programme announced
Following the earlier announcement of the launch of the International Investment Day, PROVADA now presents the full programme for Thursday, 11 June 2026. As the largest real estate exhibition in the Netherlands, PROVADA brings together leading market parties for a day of insights, discussion and networking. The newly introduced international investment programme—developed in collaboration with INREV, Holland Metropole and the Ministry of Housing and Spatial Planning—offers international investors direct access to key developments, policy perspectives and investment opportunities in the Dutch market.
Parking during PROVADA
Visiting PROVADA? Please be aware that it can get busy around the RAI. Due to multiple large events taking place at the same time, the RAI parking facilities often fill up early.